Former 007 Pierce Brosnan is reacting to Helen Mirren’s criticism of the James Bond franchise. Last week, his MobLand co-star got candid during an interview with The London Standard, revealing she “never liked James Bond” because the concept is “drenched and born out of profound sexism.”

Helen Mirren opined in a recent interview that "the whole concept of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism"

Mirren hasn’t always had this line in the sand regarding Bond. In 2017, she said it “would have been great” to get the chance to play the role in her youth, “But that time was different; we could never even have imagined a woman playing that role,